THE 'MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAT, FEBRUARY 1, 1911.
Girls' Story Contest Closes Feb. 10 $100 in Prizes; First Prize $30 Boys' Aviation Contest Open Until Saturday for Proven Flyers
Free Lessons in Art Needlework from 2;30 to 5 P. M. Daily, Third Floor, Main Building Sole Portland Agents Ostermoor Mattrgsses
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Our Restaurant andTearoom
SO often n woman remarks "I agreed to meet her
here," and then -waits comfortably in one of the
roomy rocking chairs in the lobby of our Tearoom.
Have you thought of the conveniences our Tea Room offers T
Eay access to all theaters, writing tables, comfortable rocking
chairs and settees and then a dainty, refreshing cup of tea, or
a delitrhtful after-matinee lunch.
Special Direct Elevator Service Daily 12 to 1:30 P. M.
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$3 to $5 Bracelets at $ 1.98
FIRST FLOOR, SEW BUILDING.
ORDER BY MAIL.
ANOTHER of the Pre-Inventory sacrifices $3 to
$5 gold-filled Bracelets at near-half and less than
half price! Prettily shaped affairs with plain stone settings or
neat signet-engraved patterns. Usual $3 to $5 (t -t QO
grades. On sale for our Pre-Inventory sale atOX70
75c Gold-Filled Beauty Pins in pretty designs for 49
Fine Genuine Seal Hand Bags. Extra special at $3.98
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Pre-!nventory Dress Sale
$20 to $35 Garments, $12.45
ECOXD FLOOR. MAIX BUILDIXG. ORDER BY MAIL.
ST think of buying a beautiful Dress for $12.45 which up
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a iew weeKS ago oore a ?oo price-iagi
icr lot of Street Dresses. Evenincr Gowns and Dresses are the season's
handsomest models in ilessalines. Serges, Eolians, Panamas, Taf- ? 1 O f C
AH shades and sizes. Finest $ JU anu $Jo uarments, at oniy u x aTr
To $20 Dresses $7.85
JILsess and Women's One-Iiece
Dresses of Serges, Panamas. Challies,
Eolians and Silks. Some plain tailored
for street wear, others more elaborate.
Wide range of colors. JT QfJ
Reg. $12.50 to $20 Dresses O .OO
$L50to $2 Waists 82c
IJT hrtrain tb!e filled with incomplete lines
of While Lingerie VYawU. Fine batiste, lawn
and mall. Lare and embroidery-trimmed.
R?nlar $1.50 to $2 kind, today Rf
offered at 0
$15 to $25 Suits $8.95
Handsome Tailored Suits at a fraction of for
mer price. Of fine serges, broadcloths, chev
iots and tweeds, in styles which differ little if
any from new Spring models; $15 (Q QC
to $2-j Suits ro.uJ
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WITH our annual stock-taking only two days away, the big Pre-Inventory Cleanup
Sales are attracting thousands of people to the store. No let-up to the compelling
economies- today bargains by the hundred-fold await you in every department.
' And remember, back of every printed statement every purchase and representation
made by us, stands the 54-years'-old Meier & Frank guarantee of absolute satisfaction
or your money back.
Visit the Annual Pure Food Fair Today
The Great Sixth Annual Pure Food Fair with its nearly 80 gayly decorated booths,
its unique displays, its daily throngs, is the Big Store's principal attraction these days.
Daily concerts by the huge Military Band Organ. Come today!
And Specials in Pure Food Grocery Butter, 2-lbs. 63c
Mild Eastern Hams, sweet and
sugar-cured; medium size.
Special, lb., 16
Fancy Eastern Eggs, every
dozen guaranteed. Special at,
dozen, 23
Alpresco Jam, regular 40c jars
at S3 dozen, each 29
Every household should
share in this big special on,
Butter. Our famous Butternut
or Royal Banquet brands, cut
from fresh Creamery ffQp
Butter. Special, 2-lbs. VJOC
Pint Bottles Catsup, the well
known brand. Spe. at 22
Delft's Peanut Oil, large bot
tles 70 ; medium bottles,
at 40
Specials on Lard, pure kettle
rendered quality; 5-lb. pails,
73; 10-lb. pails, $1.45
Pre-Inventory Sale 3 5c Stationery 23c
To $15 Waists $5.85
What a .Waist bargain this is I Odd
lots, of course, but prettiest models in
Silk, Messaline and Chiffon in all lead
ing shades. Waists made to sell at $10
to $15. Our Pre-Inventory JC QC
Cleanup sale price only tyJtOJ
FIRST FLOOR, NEW BUILDINO
ORDER BY MAIL.
FINE French Cheviot and French Dimity Note Paper quality
which vou '11 pay 35c a pound for anywhere. Pre-In- OO
ventory special today at, the pound, your choice for only
510 to $15 Coats $5.85
Women's and misses' Separate Coats, in long
loose or semi-fitted storm models of splendid
gray mixed tweeds and black kerseys. The
staple models; regular $10.00 to flC QC
$15.00 Coats pJ.OiJ
Sale Fine Oak Roll-Top Office Desks
rovrni floor, maix buildiu. order bt mail.
NOT a great number of these handsome
Roll-Top Office Desks left after'yes
terday's strenuous selling, but the entire
lot must be sold before inventory the
story of the unusual prices!
Made of golden oak in waxed finish
with fine cabinet work and finish. Styles
are similar to that shown in the illustra
tion with the exception that the pigeon
hole fillers are extra 30c oach. Reductions:
$30 Roll-Top Desks; No.
127. Size 50-ineh. Price
$34 Roll-Top D.k; No.
335. Size 50-ineh. Price
$35 Roll-Top Posks; No.
C29. Size 54-inch. lYice
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$25.75
$26.98
$37.50
635.
$40.00
637.
$41.00
5S5.
$28.50
Roll-Ton Desks. No.
Size 50-inch: Price
Roll-Top Desks. No. tf o f TP?
Size 54-inch. Price DJ i O
Roll-Top Desks. No. flOA o E?
Size 50-inch. Price DOU0
$5 Filled Eye
Glasses at $2.98
FIRST FLOOR, NEW BUILDING. '
IF YOU have a continual head
ache, be sure to visit our mod
ern optical department and have your
trouble remedied. We offer you the
expert services of a graduate optician
at the lowest prices.
Today we offer $5 Perfection Gold
Filled Nose-Glasses fitted G QQ
with flat toric lenses, pr tiJO
$2.50 Perfection Mountings, without
lenses, the pair for low price of $1.50
CARD-PRINTING SPECIALS
Following low prices on Calling
and Business Cards today:
100 Calling Cards, today only, at 39
Business . Cards, 300 for 1; 500 for
$1.35; 1000 for the low price of $2
65c Persian Novelties Pretty
tinted edsre Linen "Writing Pa
cers in all new shades. QQ
Today, your choice at
Initial' Writing Tablets Best
quality Linen Paper with fine
hard -stamped initials 1Q.
in colors. On sale at a""
Sale of Women's
SilkUnder-Vests
FIRST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING. s
OUR unequalled assortments
of Italian Silk Underwear
included in the Pre-Inventory
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Women's Vests, plain or embroidered
in low neck and sleeveless styles. -$1.75
to $2 Italian Silk Vests, $1.29
$3.00 Italian Silk Undervests $1.87
$4.00 Italian Silk Undervests $2.19
Women's $2.50 to $5
Union Suits at 98c
Of course they are in broken sizes
the Inventory demands that they be
disposed of. $2.50 to $500 QQ
grades, special for this sale tOC
50c Congress Playing Cards
Finest quality gilt-edge cards
made. All new design backs,
including initials. On on
sale today at, the pack 3C
10c Writing Tablets Odd lots
in all. sizes and kinds of
paper. To close out today
Today in Basement Annex
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Bargain Sq
Women's House Dresses at 85c
IUEAT, practical House Dresses of percale and
flannelette, in black, white, gray and navy
blue. Regular $1.50 to $2.00 grades. Spe- n
cial Pre-Inventory price today, garment OOC
10c and 15c Matted Pictures 2c
Men's 10c Col. Initial Kerchiefs 3c
25c & 50c Jewelry Novelties 1 Oc
Odd Lots Wool Dress Goods 12 $1.00 and $1.25 Silks 50c
FIRST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING.
MORE kinds than we have room to tell of for the coming Inventory demands that
all short lengths be hurried out and all odds and ends be sacrificed.
There arc 1800 yards of fine wool fabrics in a large assortment of staple weaves
and colorings. Ail pieces contain from 2 to 6 yards and areLJ;Ii" Pfipp
suitable for skirts, coats, etc. Special Pre-Inventory sale only41. ?
ORDER BT MAIL.
NLY one example of the many Pre-Inventory specials in the Silk section odd
bolts and short lencths of our best $1 and $1.25 Fancy Silks at 50!
Beautiful, shimmering Silks in soft rich color combinations stripes, g
plaids and figured effects. Suitable for waists, yokes, trimmings, etc.
Best $1 and $1.25 grades, special Pre-Inventory Sale Price at, the yard,
Mail
Orders
Promptly I.U
FflJed Ass3
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Just Inside Morrison-street Entrance
Men's $20 Rain
coats at $ 1 1 .98
FIRST FLOOR, MAIX BULDIXQ.
A NOTHER lot of those famous Im
ported English "Water-proof Coats
which prove so popular whenever we
have them to offer and these at
prices which will surely bring crowds
today!
Best $20 Raincoats of wool, silk and rub
ber combinations, absolutely water-proof.
Ilitrh military, felt, or plain collars; cut in
true English Raclan style. (ti 1 QQ
All sizes and colors. Only iDl 1 jO
Men's Raincoats
Special $4.24 Ea.
An all-important asset in this climate
Men's and Women's water-proof Raincoats,
which may be conveniently slipped on and
off. Made of light and dark tan and gray,
also black with military collar (Jy O A
and pockets. Pre-Inventory at uT".Tr
Sale Men's $5 Bath and
Lounging Robes $2.85
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ORDER BT MAIL.
TOCK-TAKING in
sight our excuse
for offering these splen
did $5 Lounging and
Bath Robes today at
near half price!
Soft, comfortable gar
ments for the hours of
indoor ease. Made of
.warm fabrics in fancy
blues, tans, browns and
with neat figures and
scroll effects. - Finished with cord
and tassels to match. Regular $0
grades in Pre
Inventory sale
today at only
Men's $2 Un
derwear at 79c
FIRST FLOOR,
MAIN BUILDING.
5000 $1.50 to $2 gar
ments at this hurry-out
price ! Fine cashmere
wool, lamb's wool, camel's
hair, wool and worsted
and ribbed 'wool in a wide choice of colors and "7Q
weights. Selling at our Pre-Inventory Sale at JC
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kM:;I:!r greens
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$2.85
Remnants of Lace and
Embroidery About Vz
FIRST FLOOR, NEW BUILDING.
ORDER BY MAIL.
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flUNDREDS of remnants, manufacturer's
strips and short lengths of lace and em
broidery in the Annual Pre-Inventory Clean
up at remarkably low prices! Examples:
Embroidery
Strips
Of fine Cambric, Nain
sook and Swiss in pretty
eyelet, filet and blind
stitch designs.
$1.75 to $2.25 Strips 95
$3.00, $4.50 Strips $1.39
Embroidery
Remnants
Including hundreds of
short lengths in edges and
insertions, to 9 inches
wide.
To 40c Grade, yard, 15
To 25c Grades, yard, 7
Children's Underwear 21c
FIRST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING.
' The .
"Universal"
Coffee
Percolator
extracts all the whole
j jl some and inviporating
jlj essence of the coffee be
!'. fore the water boils.
17 With this Percolator,
J coffee is easy to make
A and is always deliciously
mil "Universal" Coffee
5 i i tJercoIators are now De-
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the fourth floor, mam
ORDER BY MAIL.
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ARM, fleece-lined little Pants and Vests
in sizes 1 to 6 vears. White onlv. Also
a large lot of broken sizes in Children 's Vests
and Pants in white, cream and. gray. Fine
ribbed; excellent quality. Best 25c and 40e
grades, specially priced for this great Ol
Pre-Inventory sale at, the garment AC
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I lathe fourth floor, mam ill
I Hi 4-cup size, price S3. 50
ll6-cup size, price S4.00
3-cup size, price $4.50 ll
I m 1 4-cup size only S5.00 '